New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01
A FINE DOG SHOW PROMISED.
PEDIGREEs TO COUNT WELL THIS WEEK.
MANY ENTRIES OF HrGH-cLAss DoGs-soMETHING
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MANY ENTRIES OF HIGH-cLAss DoGs-soMETHING
ABOUT THE PRIZES.
The people who live the Madison Square Garden
Will wake up on Tuesday morning thinking, perhaps,
that the greatest OF all crcuses back their hands
again. or something worse for by that time nearly
IooO dogs OF every size and lung power viii be barking
and yepng there in all the excitement and ecstasy OF
opening OF big bench show,
The Westminster Kennel Club has taken the Garden
this week for its eleventh annual meeting and the list
OF entries holds good the show will be only the largest
but the most striking in point of breed and pedigree the
club has ever given Thrtyslx varieties OF blooded dogs
VIII be represented, the entries In of the classes
running above 100, and more than $500, will be dis.
tbuted 10 prizes and medals None but dogs with pedi-
grees can be fully entered for awards though few ami.
mails will be loaned by their for exhibition only
Miss Helen Dauvray for instance has agreed show
her Mexican hairless dog, which she puts a
value of 10000. The wife of Secretary En-
dicott has promised a pug from Washington, and
since Mrs Cleveland has been specially invited to the
show and hints that she may come, the managers
strong In hopes that they will be able to give medal
and ribbon to the famous poodle Hector
But even without these dogs Of high official degree the
show will get fairly we'll Several recent importa.
tons. rare collie dog and others, will be on hand,
as well as the best specimens Of hounds, terriers
bulldogs, masti0s, ST. Bernards and the rest, from
all the wellknown kennels Of New-England and the
Middle States. The show will begin Tuesday
ing and run through to Friday night The prizes will be
announced for the different classes from day to day
The exact number OF entries up date is 97s divided
among thirty-sx classes Thirtysix mastifs will COM
pete for the three prizes in the first class
Among the exhibitors will be the wnlawn Kennels the
scarsdale Mastd Kennels, E. II. Moore, of Melrose,
Mass; Howard Scribner, OF Yonkers, and the Messrs
Cromwell, OF the Cromwell Steamship Line.
st. Bernards have come into fashion strongly OF late
and the entries In this class have risen to the asonsh
ing number of 1o4 The most prominent exhibitors win
be W. W. Tucker New York; the Hospice Kennel
Arlington, n. j. the Hermitage Kennels, Pas
sale, n. J T. II. Moore, Melrose, Mass; John p
IIaines. Toms River, \. ii r. J. Sawyer, Menomonee
Mich, and Colonel A. b. Hilton, New York.
notable ones from the Kennels Of F. Hitcncocf. Ruth
erford stlyyesant, James Breese D. B. Keller and re
Cornell OF NewYork and ex Congressman John g. Wise,
ofVlrgina- The English, Irish and black andan SET
ter, run up to l73-lo2 English 81 Irish and 4 black
and tan. Among the owners are the Memphis and
Ayent Kennels Memphis; Tenn; the Latonia Kennels,
KY s SsnSS Ssk
windhalz, l.. b. Wright, William Boswell and DR.. II. F.
Dean New-York. and DR.. JARVIS, Claremont, NJ II.
Ths four varieties of spanles Irish water. cumber,
cocker and held-foot up seyenyhve Lieutenant HEM,
Msrmaduks Richardson and A. Clinton wiimerding are
two other wellknown exhibitors.
Collie dogs are fashionable now too, and this class OF
entries stands well up TO the front with eghtysix Ben
dgo, the newest importation OF the Hampstead Farm
other notable contributors are the Baron l. de sbourg
Edward F. sprague and jenkins Van schack New York.
W. " SanIOTu, AunbtcIuaH " J anu tnc chestnut lilu
There will be twenty poodles, without Mrs. Ceve
lands Hector Tho chief owners In this class are
Porrepont Edwards J. ". Onataria W, G. landlord DR..
g. A. Ifefer and l. and W. Rutherford, oil OF NewYOrk
The bulldogs and bullerrers together count up fifty
six. thirty OF them terriers John L Thayer. r and W.
Livingston John g. Heckscher f. Sheffield Porter and J.
Borden the exhibitors Including the bull.
terriers there ten separate terrier varieties the
entry list The foN-terrlers come at the head with
lc black aso nnd n eoe
Irish skye, Dandie Dnmont andtoy terriers,
run up TO forty-six together. There is almost no
end to the list OF terrier exhibitors few Of them
Captain Conner, OF he 81 James Hotel August Bel
mont, r Frederic Hoe, Edward Kelly. John h. Thayer
l. aud ". Rutherford. J. f. Granger, Robert sedg
wick. T. r. Fields aud John Ellice
In competition With Mrs Endicotts, Mrs. Charles !
and Mrs H. A. Montgomery will enter pugs
pug amount in fact to tweDtyhree all told
have exhibition her costly pair OF Japanese toy span
icls. Kobe and Kuma Miss Edith NJ Van Buren, and Mrs
Eva kemblc have made entries In the class OF Italian
grey hounds
some OF the smaller classes OF entries not mentioned
already Newfoundland Q; Great Danes, o. deer
hounds, 81 greyhounds, 49, forhounds, from the My
opa Hunt, Boston. and the Essex County Hunt Orange
hounds, g Dachshunds, IL beages, "a English
; miscellaneous H.
10 each class VIII be awarded three regular prizes
wo Of money, ono silver medal great many special
prizes have also been offered The Westminster Kennel
Club will give fifteen sver medals for the best kennels
logs etc. The American Fox Terrier Club offers ten |
prizes for the best braces etc. of fox
hers The Eastern Field Trials Club has medals
or tho best pointers and settlers and the |
A great variety of special prizes viii also
given by individuals for exceences OF all sorts Mrs.
angtry has bought silver cup for the English setter
hat pleases her best